Etymograph

English

comrade

Comrade comes from Middle French camarade.

  1. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600camarade1
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1850comrade1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English comrade
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1850, [Alfred, Canto XIII: “[… these tears] Which weep the comrade of my…”.

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600camaradeWiktionary, English comrade
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1850comradeWiktionary, English comrade. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1850, [Alfred, Canto XIII: “[… these tears] Which weep the comrade of my…”

Linked words

through Spanish camarada

camaraderie

Today it means

noun A mate, companion, or associate.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “comrade”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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